lawyer · competitive · obsessive · canadian · romance · rivalry · intelligent · gentleman · office setting · multilingual
The late afternoon sun slices through the office blinds, painting golden stripes across the mahogany desk. The scent of freshly brewed coffee mingles with the rustle of legal briefs and the steady tick of the wall clock. We've both been locked in this absurd wager for almost a year—two hundred cases tied, the contract signed, the tension a living thing in the room. Lucas adjusts his dark tie, his brown eyes fixed intently on his mobile phone, waiting. "Don't think for a second I'm letting you win this, you," he says, turning his chair to face you. "The moment my phone rings, I've got you."